FUN<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Laman Con 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n The North Little Rock Public Library System will present\u00a0Laman Con 2025: Worlds of Wonder, 5-7 p.m. Friday at the Argenta Public Library, 420 Main St., North Little Rock, and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday at the William F. Laman Public Library, 2801 Orange St., North Little Rock.<\/p>\n Friday\u2019s lineup features a Wizarding Workshop, with \u201cmaker activities designed for teens and adults,\u201d according to a news release. Admission is free. Saturday\u2019s main convention offers \u201cComiCon style activities for all ages throughout the day,\u201d including gaming opportunities, creative workshops, vendor and artist booths, live quests and scavenger activities, themed stations and, at 11 a.m., Fantastic Friends Photos: Live Character Encounters in the Children\u2019s Department (\u201cyoung attendees can meet fully costumed storybook heroes for photos, high-fives, and magical moments\u201d). Admission is free.<\/p>\n Laman Con concludes with an adults-only after-party, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Saturday at the Innovation Hub, 204 E. Fourth St., North Little Rock, with a cosplay contest, trivia, crafts and \u201cactivities geared toward attendees ages 18 and older.\u201d Admission is free.<\/p>\n Call (501) 758-1720 or visit NLRlibrary.org\/laman-con.<\/p>\n MUSIC<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Claremont Trio<\/strong><\/p>\n The Claremont Trio \u2014 Emily Bruskin, violin; Julia Bruskin, cello; and Sophiko Simsive, piano \u2014 performs at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at St. Luke\u2019s Episcopal Church, 4106 John F. Kennedy Blvd., North Little Rock, under the auspices of the Chamber Music Society of Little Rock. The program: the Piano Trio No. 1 in E-flat major, op.1, No. 1, by Ludwig van Beethoven; \u201cSoliloquy\u201d by Shulamit Ran; and the Piano Trio in a minor by Maurice Ravel. Tickets are $25, free for students. Visit chambermusicLR.com\/tickets.<\/p>\n Bluegrass Festival<\/strong><\/p>\n Bluegrass legend Rhonda Vincent performs with her band The Rage on Thursday and Friday during the semiannual\u00a0Mountain View Fall Bluegrass Festival\u00a0at the Ozark Folk Center, 1302 Park Ave., Mountain View.<\/p>\n The festival kicks off at 6 p.m. Thursday with an all-gospel show at the Ozark Folk Center\u2019s Ozark Highlands Theater, with Mountain View Connection, the McLain Family Band, Cutter & Cash and The Kentucky Grass, Frank Ray & Cedar Hill and Rhonda Vincent & The Rage. The show will close with a $100 cash drawing at 10 p.m.<\/p>\n The Friday matinee opens with a special dance performance by Simply Southern Cloggers from 11:45 a.m.-noon. Cutter & Cash and The Kentucky Grass then takes the stage, followed by Roving Gambler Band, Special Consensus, Southern Legacy and Rhonda Vincent & The Rage, with a $100 cash drawing to close the show at 4 p.m.<\/p>\n The Friday evening lineup starts with Simply Southern Cloggers at 5:45 p.m. with Roving Gambler Band taking the stage at 6 p.m., followed by Rhonda Vincent & The Rage, Southern Legacy, and Special Consensus. There will be a $100 cash drawing to close out the evening at 10 p.m.<\/p>\n The Saturday matinee begins at noon with Roving Gambler Band, Frank Ray & Cedar Hill, The Country Gentlemen Show, Special Consensus, and Southern Legacy. There will be a $100 cash drawing to close the show at 4 p.m. The Saturday evening program begins with a 15-minute set by Mountain View\u2019s Music Roots Ensemble at 5:45 p.m. with music to follow by Roving Gambler Band, Frank Ray & Cedar Hill, The Country Gentlemen Show, Special Consensus, and Southern Legacy. The evening will end with a $200 cash drawing at 10 p.m.<\/p>\n Host is the Mountain View Bluegrass Association Inc., a nonprofit that supports the Music Roots program, which teaches traditional string-band instruments including fiddle, banjo, guitar, upright bass and mandolin to youngsters in the Mountain View area. Thursday evening tickets are $20, $30 for premium seating (first five rows). Friday and Saturday tickets, good for all shows that day, are $25, $40 for premium seating. Call (870) 501-5105 or visit MountainViewBluegrass.com. Proceeds support the Music Roots Program.<\/p>\n \u2018La Boheme\u2019 Live in HD<\/strong><\/p>\n The Metropolitan Opera \u201ccinecasts\u201d its production of\u00a0Giacomo Puccini\u2019s \u201cLa Boh\u00e8me,\u201d\u00a0\u201cLive in HD,\u201d from the stage of the Met in New York, noon Saturday at the Movie Tavern, 11300 Bass Pro Parkway, Little Rock, and the Razorback Cinema, 956 N. Steele Blvd., Fayetteville. Ticket information is available at metopera.org\/season\/in-cinemas. Soprano Juliana Grigoryan sings the role of Mim\u00ec with tenor Freddie De Tommaso as Rodolfo, soprano Heidi Stober as Musetta, baritone Lucas Meachem as Marcello, baritone Sean Michael Plumb as Schaunard, bass Jongmin Park as Colline and baritone Donald Maxwell as Benoit and Alcindoro. Keri-Lynn Wilson conducts.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div> THEATER<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Vaudeville-esque \u2018Hamlet\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n The University of Central Arkansas Theatre Program stages\u00a0William Shakespeare\u2019s \u201cHamlet,\u201d\u00a07 p.m. Friday-Saturday and Nov. 14-15 and 2 p.m. Sunday and Nov. 16 in the James M. Bridges Black Box Theatre at the Windgate Center for the Fine and Performing Arts, 2150 Bruce St. at Donaghey Avenue, Conway. Director Chris Fritzges \u201creimagines the classic tale of grief, revenge and moral conflict through a vaudeville- esque lens while remaining true to Shakespeare\u2019s poetic brilliance,\u201d according to a news release. Tickets are $10, free for UCA students, faculty and staff. Call (501) 450-3265 or (866) 810-0012 or visit web.ovationtix.com\/trs\/dept\/2176.<\/p>\n ART & EXHIBITS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Holiday sale<\/strong><\/p>\n Works by more than 60 student, alumni, faculty and staff artists, including prints, photography, jewelry, ceramics, textiles, sculpture, furniture and graphic design will be available for sale as the University of Arkansas at Little Rock\u2019s School of Art and Design hosts its\u00a02025 Holiday Sale and Open House, 3-8 p.m. Friday in the Windgate Center of Art and Design, 5617 W. 28th St., Little Rock. A reception and presentation of the awards for the Annual Student Competitive exhibition precede the open house at 2:30 in the Cushman Gallery. On the final day of the exhibition, visitors can buy and take home artwork directly from the gallery. Cocoa, coffee and cookies will be served.<\/p>\n Windgate Center studios will be open for self-guided tours; vegetarian\/vegan food truck Utopia Deli will set up outside and there will be a \u201cfestive\u201d photo booth, a student-organized Pop-Up Gallery in Room 234 and make-and-take activities for kids (\u201cand kids at heart\u201d) in Room 220.<\/p>\n
\n(Special to the Democrat-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
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